6 speed transplant: upgrade or nonsense?
 

I am making up a list (with a life of it's own) of things to do on my 1993 Audi 80 2.0 16v, as I believe in upgrading parts, not just replacing. This of course, makes life interesting to the point of madness..at times. I sense a lot of Audi fanatics experience the same, though.
Nonetheless, I have a question (1st of many).
Will the 6 speed gearbox fit my car? If so, where is the difference in gear ratios, from 1st through the whole range? What could the effect be performance / economy-wise?
(Sorry, it always starts with just 1 question...)

Not sure with the 4 cylinder engines! If the block is the same as the later 4 cylinders you have a possiblity of doing this, but not sure.
Have all the info necessary if it was a 5 cylinder...:rock:

can't really see the advantages of fitting a 6 speed box to the 2.0l engine?

To be honest, after reading some feedback, neither am I, unless the power plant is upgraded as well, as some mentioned. Time to rethink!

Thank you, I will do some more homework on this, it seems as if I will have to rethink process and change powerplant to really get the benefit. I will keep you in mind should I stumble upon a 5 cylinder, which seems to be very popular and full of grunt!
Enjoy.

Unless it's the 20v or 20v turbo lump (S2/S2 avant), then you'll find the 2.0 16v engine on a similar par performance wise with the earlier 2.2 or 2309 5 cylinder 10v engines.
You just don't get the same grunt with a 4 cylinder engine though! Although a decent exhaust system would help that a little!

in fact, your engine should be 135hp and the 10v 5 cyl engines are 134hp.

:Thanks, at least the collected info confirms that all of you are in the same line of thought, I have learned more in 3 days than in the same number of years with my GTX'es. The bigger engine=more grunt makes sense.
Much appreciated!:)

The other choice is look at a more modern engine implant. Not sure how easy as I've not seen it done, but a 1.8T lump would always be a good talking point at the pub!


let alone the 2.7 biturbo V6 lump!

an 1.8t will fit in there easly,i think even a v8 may fit as the engine bay in the b3 and b4 is big

several V8 conversions done in Europe, I've seen pictures ( a dark green series 4 comes to mind)

V8 into B2 4000 quattros in the USA.......silver one on Audiworld with loads of piccies of the various stages........ cannot find the piccies now I looked many months ago and they seem to have gone :(

I don't understand ppls, who like powerful cars, which are built with only one purpose - for straight line. Audi by default is noise heavy and that's bad, but audi and some entusiasts are placing in B series cars V8 engines... Even R5 engine turns audi into "gostraightoutofthecorner" :D In the same time I think it isn't impossible to create B3/B4 with 2.0 16vt/1.8 20vt with 50:50 weight distribution and power, that wouldn't be much lower than any 2.2 20vt :)

a v8 is a nice option, as i don't think its much different in weight to the 5 pot. and the v6 is actually lighter?

or have i got that wrong.? :idea:

(Edit: can't beat the sound of the 5 cylinder 10 valve tho.. :tup:)

Heh-heh, words like these make my eyes water... Budget-wise, however the option seems to fade away.Next Audi will be at least a decent 5 cylinder, though!
Thanks :)

as i understand it the final 6 speed is the same as the 5 speeder, only have the extra cog mid range to play with, so good for laggy wr's/rs2[or should that read" non linear" power curves]?

sorry [wine] final 6 speeed ratio same ashh 5 shhhpeeder.....

so won't do anything for economy? :(

I was kinda hoping a 6 speed would give an 'extra' cog for cruising. :( :(

My thoughts exactly. In this case however, I think that the manufacturer has made sure the overall balance is as near optimal as possible...Will rethink my moves, but wow, what a lot of usable info!!:o

If u have enough powerful engine, put there diesel gearbox :D